Location
cape town, western cape, South-Africa
Posted
June 08, 2026
Job Description
Overview
A digital intelligence firm that specialises in the development, management, and utilisation of big data technology is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to step into the hands‑on leadership role of Head of Data Platform & AI . You will take full ownership of their data infrastructure, elevating the architecture behind their proprietary Data Management Platform (DMP).
Responsibilities
- Own and manage our entire GCP‑based Data Platform, including core services like BigQuery, Cloud Functions, Composer, Dataflow, and Pub/Sub .
- Architect, build, and manage robust ETL/ELT pipelines to ingest structured and unstructured data from dozens of internal and external sources.
- Optimize the cost, speed, and performance of data storage, pipelines, and compute resources.
- Implement and enforce best practices across data validation, deduplication, enrichment, security, and gove...